I agree that it would be far easier to clone the lines out. The only other
alternative would be to use the pen tool. Great for selecting uniform
shapes. Still tedious though.


"Robert Feinman" <robert.feinman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I know I have seen some some tricks for selecting telephone and
> electric power lines in order to remove them from the photo, but
> I seem to have forgotten them.
> Currently I use the magic wand tool which is slow and somewhat
> inaccurate especially when the wires are out of focus. After I
> have the wire selected I expand it by a pixel or two and then use
> the patch tool followed by some extra touch up, if needed. This
> is all slower than I'd like.
>
> So, does anyone have some good tricks for selecting wires?
>
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